Saint Apollinaris of Valence
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Saint Apollinaris of Valence is a Christian bishop and martyr venerated in the Catholic Church, especially in the French city of Valence, where he is honored as the community’s heavenly protector.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saint Apollinaris of Valence canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10331002 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saint Apollinaris of Valence Context triple: [Roman Catholic Diocese of Valence, patronSaint, Saint Apollinaris of Valence]
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A.
Saint Apollinaris
Saint Apollinaris is an early Christian bishop and martyr venerated as a saint, traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Ravenna.
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B.
Saint Marcellinus
Saint Marcellinus was an early Christian martyr and pope venerated for his steadfast faith during the Roman persecutions.
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C.
Saint Trophimus of Arles
Saint Trophimus of Arles is venerated as an early Christian bishop and missionary traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Arles and a key figure in the spread of Christianity in Roman Gaul.
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D.
Saint Gatianus of Tours
Saint Gatianus of Tours was a 3rd-century Christian bishop and missionary traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Tours and a key figure in the early evangelization of Gaul.
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E.
Saint Honoratus of Arles
Saint Honoratus of Arles was a 5th-century Christian monk and bishop of Arles, renowned as the founder of the Lérins Abbey and a key figure in the early Gallic Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saint Apollinaris of Valence Target entity description: Saint Apollinaris of Valence is a Christian bishop and martyr venerated in the Catholic Church, especially in the French city of Valence, where he is honored as the community’s heavenly protector.
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A.
Saint Apollinaris
Saint Apollinaris is an early Christian bishop and martyr venerated as a saint, traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Ravenna.
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B.
Saint Marcellinus
Saint Marcellinus was an early Christian martyr and pope venerated for his steadfast faith during the Roman persecutions.
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C.
Saint Trophimus of Arles
Saint Trophimus of Arles is venerated as an early Christian bishop and missionary traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Arles and a key figure in the spread of Christianity in Roman Gaul.
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D.
Saint Gatianus of Tours
Saint Gatianus of Tours was a 3rd-century Christian bishop and missionary traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Tours and a key figure in the early evangelization of Gaul.
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E.
Saint Honoratus of Arles
Saint Honoratus of Arles was a 5th-century Christian monk and bishop of Arles, renowned as the founder of the Lérins Abbey and a key figure in the early Gallic Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
bishop ⓘ |
| countryOfVeneration | France ⓘ |
| hasCult | local cult in Valence ⓘ |
| hasRole |
bishop
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martyr ⓘ |
| honoredAs | patron of Valence ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a Christian bishop
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martyrdom ⓘ patronage of the city of Valence ⓘ |
| occupation | bishop of Valence ⓘ |
| placeOfVeneration | Valence, France ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| title | heavenly protector of Valence ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
bishop
ⓘ
martyr ⓘ patron saint of Valence ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Catholic Church
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Valence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Saint Apollinaris of Valence Description of subject: Saint Apollinaris of Valence is a Christian bishop and martyr venerated in the Catholic Church, especially in the French city of Valence, where he is honored as the community’s heavenly protector.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.